#alternative media

[billyengland]

Sheep graze on propaganda indefinitely. Most will never awaken from their favorite opiate.

[r00intherain]

rant about Thirteen(2003) and SLC Punk!(1999)

ok so hear me out, but i see edits and posts with images like these floating around a lot:

(SPOILERS INCOMING)

i get that these movies are nostalgic for a lot of people, and widely beloved in specific circles, but beneath all the eyeliner and cool y2k hairstyles, do yk what they feel like to me?

✨propaganda✨

i'm sorry, but it needs to be said.

in thirteen, the whole message is this scared-straight, don't-do-drugs-or-else type thing, but people just see the aesthetics of the movie and romanticize the fuck out of it anyway. the message feels forced, and the delivery is so ham-fisted and woefully out of touch, like i'm watching a feature-length PSA. and that ending??? painful. not in an emotionally satisfying or cathartic way either, but in a forced, tasteless, way. tracy's character lacks depth, her emotions are treated with all the gravity of a toddler flinging its toys at the wall. so, when she has her "rock bottom" moment, it doesn't feel earned, it feels cheap, like you're being spoon-fed a moral message about listening to your mother and "just saying no"; sound advice, but unrealistic, and delivered in a way that likely isn't going to reach anyone.

in slc punk!, the main character is constantly whining about posers, nevermind the fact that he's a trustpunk with a rich lawyer for a dad, who payrolls his life while he sleeps on mattress on the floor of a punk house. his worldview boils down to "anarchism is when no-rules-only-chaos-set-shit-on-fire" (barely paraphrasing). his whole character is a massive strawman. he's a middle-aged, conservative movie executive's idea of an "anarchist". he's so insufferable that if he wasn't played by matthew lillard he would have zero (0) redeeming qualities.

the kicker? at the end of the movie, he goes totally straight, shaves off his spiky blue hair, dons a suit and tie, and marches dutifully off to harvard to become a lawyer, just like his old man, saying "there's no future in anarchy; i mean let's face it." we're left with the message that subculture is just an immature phase, that sooner or later you've just gotta lay aside your self expression and your leftist ideals, swallow your pride, and present your mouth for fucking at the great corporate glory hole. how heartwarming.

both these movies leave me with a weird, sick feeling in my stomach. they're like wolves in sheep's clothing, wearing a performative veneer of alternative aesthetics, while subtly pushing a mainstream, conservative agenda.

i feel like a dog that's been fed a pill wrapped in cheese.

[mystryxx]

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[norever]

a far off memory like a forgotten dream

[meliazine]

🌟HOPE OF THE HIGH ENTIA: A Melia Antiqua Zine Contributor Lineup!🕊️

Meet Queen Melia's Rota who will be joining us to her highness with their craft and specialties!

🌠Page Artists🖌️

Gofelem @/Gofelem (Twitter) | Kairi Whisper @kairiwhisper | NanaDoesArt @nanadoesart |

nob. @/malvinob (Twitter) | Lunar @lunarchibistry | Jenoblade @/Jenoblade (Twitter)

PochamaStudios @/pochamastudios (Twitter) | Sean Sorey @/sean_sorey (Twitter) | Andoryu Anzuru @andoryuanzuru

Auroraphy @auroraphy | Misa @/Kushi110 (Twitter) | Blehcado @blehcado

CERU @criticalspell | Crim @/scrimblocrimbo (Twitter) | FlareVortex @/Flarevortex_ (Twitter)

chio.pudding @chio-pudding | tamafry @tamafry | Lunalesca @/LunalescaArt (Twitter)

qvarr @/qvarr (Tumblr) | redfeather_mika @/redfeather_mika (Twitter) | Monado 神 @/monado17 (Twitter)

Alice @alice-the-xenoblader | Omegami @omeg-ami | TokuH @/Toku_H_ (Twitter)

Miry @/mirensiart (Twitter) | Nettleseeds @nettleseeds-art | iazurinex @iazurinex

Mitsuchiis @mitsuchiis | awfulwizard @/awfulwizard (Twitter)

🌠Merch Artists🪙

Ceramic_Avocado @/Ceramic_Avocado (Twitter) | 星空★lone @hoshizoralone | SilviShinyStar @silvishinystar

Taelico @/taelico_ (Twitter) | Seiishin @seiishindraws | pnuemakitty @/pnuemakitty (Twitter)

PochamaStudios @/pochamastudios (Twitter) | CERU @criticalspell | Miry @/mirensiart (Twitter)

TokuH @/Toku_H_ (Twitter) | Lunar @lunarchibistry

🌠Writers📝

Sir Teatei Moonlight @sir-teatei-moonlight | Belmont @/phaseskieth (Twitter) | Dragonfalls @/Dragon_fallsx (Twitter)

Vex @transxenoblade | Noelle @/promisedpain.bluesky.social | Snazz @heroicmeep

🌠Alternative Media🧵

Electric Angel (Cosplayer) @/xElectricAngel (Twitter) | Dragonfalls (Cosplayer) @/Dragon_fallsx (Twitter) | Miry (Embroidery) @/mirensiart (Twitter)

[hybridmindthoughtsreloaded]

A year ago Polly St George uploaded a video warning about the so-called alternative Narrative Network and how they were guiding people into the Great Reset / Build Back Better / 4th Industrial Revolution. Why are they defending Musk? Here's a short version.

[kaneseatheadrest]

The anti-woke mob are trying to ruin video games for women and the lgbtq.

There if they are going to keep building up this straw man mob to fight against then let's give them some REAL opposition.

Everything the anti-woke mob are saying about the 'woke mob' are the things we can be critiquing them for. They are rubbing in the fact that no one(or not many people) is criticizing them back.

They start this off by saying 'they always need a boogeyman'. The anti-sjws are making the boogeyman!

If you see a tweet from The Quartering give him a "OK, gooner" for me.